I posted a few dress photos on here a few days ago and got some great feedback. I’ve gone to a few stores since and tried to take into consideration all of the great advice and dress suggestions I recieved, and this morning I found potentially “the one” (in that I love it and it was the only one that made me cry, out of nowhere! I never thought that would actually happen!!) So, I figured I would follow up and post a few pictures and see what you guys think! The dress is by Mary’s Bridal and is part of her Moda Bella line, style 3Y334. I’ve never heard of the designer or had ever seen the dress, and was surprised how much I liked it. Anyone have any experience with this line, or happen to have any photos of other brides in the dress?! I can’t find any and would want it in ivory (I would love it in champagne, but they don’t make it) and not white (which was what the sample was. There is also a photo comparing the other two which were previously the top two contenders that my family and friends liked most (but they all love the one from today best).

foreverlovex: Thanks! I had a corset and petticoat on underneath 2 & 3, and nothing on underneath 1, which I think is why the fit is not ideal on #1 (plus, the sample was too large, whereas the sample for #2 fit like a glove). I am thinking #1 might be better one it fits and I have the property undergarmets included, but I probably need to go back and see how it looks with them on!

Your body looks slim & elegant in the new dress with the lace overlay. But I don’t think I like the overlay, it’s pretty in back but the front looks kinda matronly to me. I think the middle dress is gorgeous on you. It has the wow factor of the three. It’s a pretty dress & a great dress to personalize with accessories.

clairebbbear: Thank you so much!! I would absolutely wear a petticoat with it – I definitely want a more poof. I also agree that I think the waistline could be a bit higher – I mentioned that today and she thought that once I get it in my size it may already fit better and if not, thinks that that is an alteration that was doable. I clearly need some cups sewn in too! I loved the middle one, but something about the first one made me melt. And, as we are getting married in a rustic old barn, I feel like the first dress goes a little better with our theme. I am so glad some of the other bees seem to like it!

As for the champagne, I am so sad too! I have tried to find a similar dress in champagne but no luck yet. I am thinking that maybe a creative seamstress can find some ways to incorperate some champagne, and maybe the ivory will be better than the stark white. The dress came in well under budget so I could definitely get creative with alterations (I just am clueless of what is even possible).

intothevertigo: You might be able to put a layer of champagne fabic under the top layer of the skirt to give it a subtle colour. It would be way more complicated to champgne it up on the top half, though.

Are you sure they can’t do it as a custom order? Some designers do offer that. It would be more expensive but I believe that designer is not too expensive anyway.

clairebbbear: They said we could discuss putting a layer of fabric under the skirt to give it that champagne feel (the seamstress wasn’t there though_. I looked at some other dresses from the same designer in ivory and the lace is actually a much deeper ivory color than the ivory chiffon, so it’s possible it could work! I did check if they could custom order the color, but apparently this designer does not do that 🙁 Every other dress I tried on in white I didn’t like at all though, so the fact that this one made me cry even being white makes me think that I’ll just love it even more at least in the softer ivory color.

llussier: Thank you so much!! Drooling over that first sash — etsy has everything! I think it would be an awesome way to incorperate the champagne color I fell in love with. Thanks for the confidence in the designer, too! I was a little hesitant since the price tags were so… nice 🙂 The dress seemed to be of great quality but this is certianly not my area of expertise so the assurance is always apprecaited!

Unfathomably: thank you so much! the back is my favorite part.. it is exactly what I wanted! And some of my tattoo is still visible, which is nice because I wanted detail on the back but that tattoo is incredibly meaningful and represents some very important people that I will be missing dearly on my day and as weird as it may sound it makes me feel better to have that symbol of them visible (a lot of the other dresses with great detail on the back covered it up)!.